Shen Shuyao had two secrets.
First, she had congenital heart disease and wouldn’t live to see thirty.
Second, she loved Mu Siheng so much that she couldn’t bring herself to tell him about her illness, and could only choose to run away.
Until the day her old condition flared up and he pinned her to the emergency bed.
Mu Siheng watched the erratic waveform on the heart monitor, a storm churning in his eyes that she couldn’t understand.
“Shen Shuyao,” he leaned close, his warm breath brushing the hollow of her neck. “Your heart rate is irregular.”
“It’s... because of my illness,” she weakly explained.
He gave a soft laugh, lifting her chin with a fingertip. His expression was unreadable. “Is that so? Then why do I think it’s because of me?”
Every treatment after their reunion felt like a flirtation planned long in advance.
He saved her on the operating table, then “devoured” her off it.
The stethoscope gliding over her skin was cold and clinical;
but the hand settling over her was scorching, possessive.
“Don’t think you can run away again.” He bit her lip hard, the taste of blood spreading through her mouth. “Your heart remembers me. So does your body.”
[Bonus Scene]
Shen Shuyao: “Dr. Mu, please behave yourself. We’ve already broken up.”
Mu Siheng (unbuttoning his shirt): “As your doctor, I need to check how you’re recovering after surgery. Including... here.”
Reunion after years apart / Rekindled love / Possessive pursuit
Male lead: renowned cardiac surgeon, dangerously obsessive but restrained x Female lead: designer with heart disease, outwardly cold but tender inside
One-on-one romance, happy ending (angst for both body and heart at first, then devoted pampering)
